Mike Elk: The Great Snowball Fight of Malcolm X Park & the Political Power of Laughter

With two feet of snow on the ground, there wasn't a car on the roads of Northwest Washington, D.C. However, the roads were packed though - packed full of people walking to great snowball fight of Malcolm X Park.

Black History Month: Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm was born as Shirley Anita St. Hill on Nov. 30, 1924, in New York City to Barbadian parents.

Student art show honors African-Americans' struggle for equal rights

The importance of the Civil Rights Movement isn't lost on Elizabeth Guerrero . The daughter of Ecuadorian immigrants, Guerrero said life in the United States "could have been much harder" for her and her family, had it not been for the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and other activists.

When Will African American Trans People Be Able To Tell Our Stories On HBCU Campuses?

The histories of HBCU institutions are deeply linked with the history of our people. Some of our best and brightest minds and historical figures have graduated from HBCU campuses. Ground breaking research benefiting all Americans has happened on campuses such as Tuskegee University.

But one area HBCU's are sorely lacking in is understanding what's up with African descended GLBT people. The transphobic and homophobic incidents that have occurred on various HBCU campuses in the last two decades point out the pressing need to dispel some misconceptions about who and what we are. Some of my African descended peeps could definitely use the face time with transpeople to dispel the faith based lies they're being fed about us as well.

Not being able to or being extended the invitation to do trans presentations on HBCU campuses is wounding on another level as well. We have seen our white brothers and sisters get routinely invited in the same time period to do these collegiate discussions, and it hurts when we see there aren't similar efforts taking place at HBCU's.

Roger That: Documentary salutes African-American servicemen and women

As part of its Black History Month observance, the Public Broadcasting Service is airing a two-part series this month called "For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots." PBS describes it as "a powerful documentary television series that salutes our African-American service men and women and reveres their dedicated allegiance to the ...